The effect of the oceans on the terrestrial crater size-frequency distribution: Insight from numerical modeling

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1915-1927

  Davison, Thomas ^a   Collins, Gareth S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41549164006     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00550.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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